Effect of a novel plant extract on the severity and duration of infectious diarrhoea in children and adults

ISRCTN ISRCTN11621877
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN11621877
Secondary identifying numbers PR-11036
Submission date
09/01/2015
Registration date
21/01/2015
Last edited
05/03/2019
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Digestive System
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Background and study aims
Infectious diarrhoea is a major threat to human health and treatment with antibiotics has led to resistant bacteria. Prevention and management of dehydration is standard care but does not reduce the duration of diarrhoea. The aim in this study is to assess the usefulness of a plant extract (LiveXtract) in reducing the duration of diarrhoea in children and adults.

Who can participate?
Male patients, age 6 months old to 60 years old, presenting with acute diarrhoea

What does the study involve?
Patients will be randomly allocated to one of two groups: LiveXtract mixed with ORS or water mixed with ORS. They will be monitored for up to 4 days.

What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
A benefit is the reduction in the duration of diarrhoea. A risk might be a reaction to the LiveXtract solution.

Where is the study run from?
Dhaka Hospital (Bangladesh)

When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
From July 2011 to October 2017

Who is funding the study?
LiveLeaf Inc (USA)

Who is the main contact?
Dr Thomas Lawson
tlawson@liveleaf.com

Contact information

Dr Thomas Lawson
Scientific

1160 Industrial Road
Suite 11
San Carlos
94070
United States of America

ORCiD logoORCID ID 0000-0001-5182-4681
Phone +16505177288
Email tlawson@liveleaf.com

Study information

Study designInterventional randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet.
Scientific titleAssessment of the therapeutic effect of LiveXtract, a novel plant extract, on the severity and duration of infectious diarrhoea in children and adults: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study
Study objectivesUse of the LiveXtract mixed with oral rehydration solution (ORS) will reduce the duration of diarrhoea compared with ORS alone.
Ethics approval(s)ICDDR,B Ethical Review Committee, 29/12/2011, PR-11036
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedDiarrhoea
Intervention1. LiveXtract solution mixed with ORS
2. Water mixed with ORS
Intervention typeSupplement
Primary outcome measureReduction in the severity and duration of diarrhoea, measured as the time the stool is ranked as a 4 or less on the Bristol Stool Scale
Secondary outcome measures1. Volume of ORS consumed from the time of randomisation to resolution of diarrhoea
2. Number of events and duration of emesis
These outcomes will be monitored every 6 hours for 4 days and ranked with a Visual Analogue Scale of 0 to 10.
Overall study start date04/07/2011
Completion date01/10/2017

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupMixed
SexMale
Target number of participantsThe target total recruitment of participants is 736 patients.
Total final enrolment85
Key inclusion criteria1. Age 6 months old to 60 years old
2. Acute watery diarrhoea (for 48 hours or less)
Key exclusion criteria1. Fever
2. Bloody stool with or without abdominal pain
3. Clinical signs of coexisting severe acute systemic illness
4. Underlying severe chronic disease
5. Severe malnutrition
6. Signs of internal bleeding or black stools
7. Signs of drug abuse
8. Food allergy or other chronic gastrointestinal disease
9. Use of antibiotics or any anti-diarrhoeal medication during the previous 2 weeks
10. Any condition that the admitting physician believes will place the patient at risk if enrolled in the study
11. Participants whose stool cultures show Shigella spp
12. Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
Date of first enrolment10/05/2012
Date of final enrolment01/10/2017

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Bangladesh

Study participating centre

Dhaka Hospital
68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani
Dahaka
1212
Bangladesh

Sponsor information

LiveLeaf Inc
Industry

1160 Industrial Road
Suite 11
San Carlos
94070
United States of America

Phone +16505177288
Email tlawson@liveleaf.com
Website http://liveleaf.com
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/00m48tn76

Funders

Funder type

Industry

Liveleaf Inc

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date30/04/2015
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareYes
IPD sharing plan summaryAvailable on request
Publication and dissemination planThis study is running in two phases: a pilot study for safety data, with submission of the results before April 2015; the second phase will begin in the summer of 2015 and is likely to last 18 months and these data will be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal before the end of 2016.
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/01/2015 05/03/2019 Yes No

Editorial Notes

05/03/2019: Publication reference added.